More Black Friday – Page 8
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ensuring ecommerce and supply chain work together to deliver
Retail Week and MetaPack explore how ecommerce and supply chain teams can work together to create a winning fulfilment strategy.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail is paying the price of ongoing structural change
However challenging last year may have been, this year is going to be tougher as retailers continue to compete on price promotions.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trading lessons and emerging trends from the golden quarter
What were the key trends to emerge from the all-important festive trading period? OC&C’s Tom Gladstone looks at the numbers.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail’s productivity conundrum is as pressing as ever
Christmas brought a continued acceleration of online migration: not perhaps an inflection point, but certainly a quickening of pace.
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OpinionOpinion: Traditional KPIs mean little in this new era of retail
The Christmas trading updates have been a mixed bag, dividing retailers into two starkly contrasting groups of under- and over-performers.
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OpinionLeo McKee: Adapt to survive the changing shape of retail
As trading patterns shift and consumer habits change, retailers must evolve with the times in order to ensure a successful future.
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AnalysisInfographic: Marc Bolland on leaving M&S plus key facts and figures
The week in words and numbers, January 15, 2016: Bolland as he reveals he’s leaving M&S, number of Blue Inc stores set to close plus more.
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OpinionBlog: Reflecting on the success of delivering Christmas 2015
Hermes head of marketing Joanne Morley discusses a successful peak trading period for both retailers and the delivery giant.
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AnalysisAnalysis: December Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Retail sales edged up 0.1% on a like-for-like basis as Christmas failed to spark the spending spree retailers had hoped for.
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AnalysisOpinion: How consumers really shopped over the festive period
What can retailers learn from consumer spending habits during the golden quarter of 2015 to help them succeed in the year ahead?
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OpinionOpinion: Dixons Carphone flags changing shape of seasonal trading
The latest results from Dixons Carphone demonstrate how the retail landscape of the all-important golden quarter continues to shift.
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OpinionOpinion: How to cut through the noise and win consumer spend at Christmas
With less than two weeks till Christmas, retailers are vying for last-minute spend and one of the big differentiators is customer experience.
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OpinionBlog: Black Friday success provides foundation for productive peak
Carrier Hermes’ chief operating officer Martijn de Lange shares the company’s secret to a successful peak – it’s all in the planning.
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers should take heart despite golden quarter woes
Reports of disappointing trading in November after Black Friday weekend do not bode badly for retail in the countdown to Christmas.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The fulfilment challenge as Black Friday moves online
As Black Friday shifts online, retailers are feeling the pressure and looking to more efficient and creative ways to deliver products.
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AnalysisAnalysis: November Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Retail sales fell 0.4% on a like-for-like basis as Black Friday promotions failed to bring an expected boost to sluggish November spending.
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OpinionJacqueline Gold: Retailers should challenge the perception of Black Friday
Retailers have a responsibility to confront the cynicism surrounding promotional events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Black Friday footfall falls as trade shifts online
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on how shoppers deserted the high street on Black Friday in favour of online shopping.
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OpinionOpinion: Black Friday continues to confound retailer expectations
The overwhelming shift towards online shopping on Black Friday shows how the Sales bonanza still has the capacity to surprise.
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DataData: Black Friday shoppers target midnight deals online
Evidence from commerce search advertising business HookLogic shows consumers jumping online at midnight to snap up Black Friday deals.